tracker issue : CF-4177585

Problem Description:

The use of an implicit array within a an implicit conditional statement throws intermitted errors.  

Steps to Reproduce:

myVar = someArray.isEmpty() ? [] : someArray;

Actual Result:

Invalid CFML construct found

Relevant stack trace:

at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.generateParseException(cfml40.java:14410)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.jj_consume_token(cfml40.java:14281)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.OrderedStructInitializer(cfml40.java:898)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.ArrayOrStructInitializer(cfml40.java:732)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.Initializer(cfml40.java:692)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.HookExpression(cfml40.java:5700)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.expr(cfml40.java:5661)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.cfScriptExpression(cfml40.java:2856)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.SimpleStatement(cfml40.java:619)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.cfscriptStatement(cfml40.java:1651)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.cfscriptBlock(cfml40.java:2821)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.cfscriptStatement(cfml40.java:1708)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.ComplexStatement(cfml40.java:1806)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.cfscriptStatement(cfml40.java:1695)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.functionDefinition(cfml40.java:3467)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.cfscriptStatement(cfml40.java:1713)
    at coldfusion.compiler.cfml40.start(cfml40.java:5112)
    at coldfusion.compiler.NeoTranslator.parsePage(NeoTranslator.java:690)
    at coldfusion.compiler.NeoTranslator.parsePage(NeoTranslator.java:635)
    at coldfusion.compiler.NeoTranslator.parseAndTransform(NeoTranslator.java:457)
    at coldfusion.compiler.NeoTranslator.translateJava(NeoTranslator.java:407)
    at coldfusion.compiler.NeoTranslator.translateJava(NeoTranslator.java:160)
    at coldfusion.runtime.TemplateClassLoader$TemplateCache$1.fetch(TemplateClassLoader.java:480)
    at coldfusion.util.LruCache.get(LruCache.java:180)
    at coldfusion.runtime.TemplateClassLoader$TemplateCache.fetchSerial(TemplateClassLoader.java:400)
    at coldfusion.util.AbstractCache.fetch(AbstractCache.java:58)
    at coldfusion.util.SoftCache.get_statsOff(SoftCache.java:133)
    at coldfusion.util.SoftCache.get(SoftCache.java:81)
    at coldfusion.runtime.TemplateClassLoader.findClass(TemplateClassLoader.java:668)
    at coldfusion.runtime.MetadataUtils.getComponentMetadata(MetadataUtils.java:140)
    at coldfusion.runtime.MetadataUtils.getComponentMetadata(MetadataUtils.java:126)
    at coldfusion.runtime.MetadataUtils.getComponentMetadata(MetadataUtils.java:113)
    at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage.GetComponentMetadata(CfJspPage.java:3643)

Expected Result:

Success

Any Workarounds:

Using arrayNew(1) does not throw an error.

myVar = someArray.isEmpty() ? arrayNew(1) : someArray;

----------------------------- Additional Watson Details -----------------------------

Watson Bug ID:	4177585

Reason:	PRHaveInfo

External Customer Info:
External Company:  
External Customer Name: Jonathan Clausen
External Customer Email:  
External Test Config: My Hardware and Environment details:



Server Details

Server Product	ColdFusion 2016

Version	2016.0.02.299200

Edition	Enterprise  

Operating System	Mac OS X  

OS Version	10.11.5  

Update Level	/WEB-INF/cfusion/lib/updates/chf20160002.jar  

Adobe Driver Version	5.1.4 (Build 0001)  

JVM Details

Java Version	1.8.0_102  

Java Vendor	Oracle Corporation  

Java Vendor URL	http://java.oracle.com/

Java Home	/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_102.jdk/Contents/Home/jre  

Java File Encoding	UTF8  

Java Default Locale	en_US  

File Separator	/  

Path Separator	:  

Line Separator	Chr(10)

User Name	root  

Java VM Specification Version	1.8  

Java VM Specification Vendor	Oracle Corporation  

Java VM Specification Name	Java Virtual Machine Specification  

Java VM Version	25.102-b14  

Java VM Vendor	Oracle Corporation  

Java VM Name	Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM  

Java Specification Version	1.8  

Java Specification Vendor	Oracle Corporation  

Java Specification Name	Java Platform API Specification  

Java Class Version	52.0

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